OECD releases report on New Zealand's environmental performance
{{date|April 5, 2007}}

The [[w:Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD) has released a report on the environmental performance of the [[New Zealand]] Government.  Although the Government applauds the findings as vindicating its path to sustainability the report makes a wide range of recommendations in order to improve environmental performance.  It calls for better protection of water, a clarification and strengthening of climate change policy, an upgrade of waste management and improvement environmental reporting.

The previous report was released in 1996 and a number of improvements have been noted. Thse include minimising harmful substances in agriculture and fisheries, improving drinking water, balancing social and environmental concerns and expanding protected areas. 

It is part of a second cycle of peer reviewed reports on the OECD member countries. 

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4017663a11.html
|title=NZ gets OECD environmental report card
|author=Colin Espiner
|pub= The Press |date= April 5, 2007 }}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=28932 |title=OECD report confirms NZ is on path to sustainability|pub=New Zealand Government |date=April 5 2007 }}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=28931
|title=Launch of OECD Environmental Review of NZ
|pub=New Zealand Government|date=April 5, 2007 }}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_33873108_33873658_38359591_1_1_1_1,00.html|title=OECD urges New Zealand to improve water and waste management
|pub=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
|date=April 5 2007}}

==External link==
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?K=5L9G66M8L9R1&CID=&LANG=EN
|title=OECD Environmental Performance Reviews - New Zealand
|pub=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
|date=April 4, 2007}} {{ISBN|9789264030572}}

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[[Category:New Zealand]]
[[Category:Oceania]]
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[[Category:Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report on the environmental performance of the New Zealand Government.  Although the Government applauds the findings as vindicating its path to sustainability the report makes a wide range of recommendations in order to improve environmental performance.  It calls for better protection of water, a clarification and strengthening of climate change policy, an upgrade of waste management and improvement environmental reporting.

The previous report was released in 1996 and a number of improvements have been noted. Thse include minimising harmful substances in agriculture and fisheries, improving drinking water, balancing social and environmental concerns and expanding protected areas. 

It is part of a second cycle of peer reviewed reports on the OECD member countries.
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